Plenary Session

Virtual

Sunday Opening Plenary Session with Gold Medalists, Leader in Innovation Awards and Dotter Lecture

Plenary Faculty(s)

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  Robert Lookstein, MD

  Professor of Radiology and Surgery
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
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  Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR

  Professor and Inaugural Chair
  Rush University Medical Center, United States
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  Clifford Weiss, MD, FSIR

  Professor
  Department of Radiology, Radiological Science and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
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  Darren Ferguson, MD

  President
  Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology, Canada

Speaker(s)

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  Andrew Holden, MD (he/him/his)

  Interventional Radiologist
  Aukland District Health Board / Auckland Hospital, New Zealand

Awardee(s)

• SG

  Scott Goodwin, MD
• LM

  Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR

  Associate Professor
  University of British Columbia, Canada
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  Bradford Wood, MD, FSIR

  Visiting Professor
  Univ Milan, United States

Awarded during the SIR 2026 Opening Plenary Session:

SIR Annual Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture
Andrew Holden, MBChB, EBIR, ONZM
The Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture honors one of the founding fathers of interventional radiology and selection by the SIR president is based on extraordinary contributions to the field, dedicated service to the society and distinguished career achievements in interventional radiology. The Dotter lecture is made possible with funding from SIR Foundation.

SIR Gold Medal recipients
Thierry de Baère, MD, Scott Craig Goodwin, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, and Lindsay Machan MD, FSIR
The Gold Medal, the Society of Interventional Radiology's highest honor, is awarded not only for extraordinary service to SIR but to those who have dedicated their past and present talents to advancing the quality of medicine and patient care through the practice of interventional radiology.

SIR Foundation Leader in Innovation Award
Bradford Johns Wood, MD, FSIR
The Leader in Innovation Award recognizes and promotes innovation within interventional radiology, continuing IR’s historical innovative development that has revolutionized medicine over the last 40 years. The award acknowledges individuals who have conceptualized and implemented an idea that has had an advantageous impact on the practice of interventional radiology.